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Andrew Callaghan Apologizes, But Refutes Some Allegations – Rolling Stone

January 17, 2023

Andrew Callaghan – youtube channel host All gas without brakes and Channel5and filmmaker behind HBO’s 2022 documentary Rules of this place – apologized after being accused by several women of sexual misconduct.

Callaghan began his four-and-a-half-minute YouTube clip by emphasizing that he wants to be ‘fully accountable’ and ‘transparent’, and thanks ‘everyone who has come out in the last week to talk about the different ways my behavior has hurt them. comfortable or under pressure in a sexual situation and to people who said I had made unwanted advances.

Exclusively rolling stone Report earlier this week, a woman known as Charlotte said she matched with Callaghan on Tinder in 2016 – before his recent fame – and claimed he didn’t nod when she said ” no” to sexual acts. “He didn’t take a simple no for an answer, and as a result, I tried to make up a series of excuses for why I didn’t want to have sex,” she said. rolling stone.

Callaghan has apologized for his recent ‘silence’, saying he was in a ‘state of denial and shock’ and is now coming to realize these are ‘the people I have affected”. He added that he wanted “to express my deepest sympathy, respect and support to everyone I’ve hurt and I really want to do better and be fully responsible for everything I’ve done.”

Still, he has refuted recent allegations of sexual misconduct. “I’ve always taken no for an answer, when it comes to consent,” he says in the video. “I never exceeded that limit. But you know, I think I want to have a more nuanced and meaningful conversation about power dynamics and pressure and coercion.

Charlotte said Callaghan eventually got the message and the two never spoke to each other again. But other women have alleged similar incidents with Callaghan as her star rose. As rolling stone Previously reported, Dana, who goes by the handle @moldy.freckle, alleged in a video that Callaghan touched his inner thigh, kissed his neck and tried to put his hand down his pants as she drove him home. him. “I told him to stop. I told him to let go of me multiple times,” she says in the video. ‘please stop.’ Eventually, she said, Callaghan left her car.

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A TikTok creator who goes by the name Caroline Elise claimed she met Callaghan in March 2021, having previously met him while he was with another woman at a bar, leading Caroline to believe that their meeting would not be romantic. She said when he tried to kiss her, she refused him. He later harassed her to have sex, and although she says she told him, ‘No, I don’t feel it’, she eventually relented and said she was coerced in various sexual acts.

In Callaghan’s clip, he explains how he came from a different point of view. “I think for a long time I was behaving in a way that I actually thought was normal. I thought, you know, walking home alone from the bar made you a loser. I thought persistence was a form of flattery. And I thought you know, if at first somebody was reluctant, you know, they play hard to just try harder,” he said. “And if you think someone is feeling you, you know, make a physical advance and see if they go.

“And I think I especially realized when so many young people, especially young men rushed to defend me when this stuff started coming out, that this type of sexual pest behavior is normalized. And a lot of people think this stuff is normal,” he continued. “And I don’t think that’s the case and I think I want to be fully responsible for not having a fluid understanding of consent. And what does enthusiastic two-way consent look like.

“That being said, a lot of the stuff that’s been said online about me isn’t true. A lot of the stuff is missing really important background information that I think would change people’s interpretation of a lot of these situations,” he added. “But I’m not here to invalidate anyone’s lived experience. If you feel pressured. You know, that’s just what it is. I hope that young people and young men in particular will be able to use my mistakes to learn and move forward in life with a better understanding of consent.

Callaghan goes on to say he’s not sure what’s next, but is considering exploring therapy and Alcoholics Anonymous because “I really believe alcohol contributed to my poor decision-making.” he said. “And I think alcohol in general has had a devastating impact on my life.” He also apologized to his friends, family and associates.